Lalkantha like the ‘Emperor without clothes’
The first Opposition parliamentarian who urged
and demanded President JR Jayewardene to give the Security Forces a
free hand to crush the LTTE and put the entire nation on a war
footing was the late C.V. Gooneratne of the SLFP. Even as Minister
of Industrial Development, Clement Victor Gooneratne continued to
demand the same from President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
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Binara Poya and the Bhikkuni Order
Out of the Poya days, which falls during the
rainy season, Binara is of special significance as far as Buddhist
Order is concerned. Binara Poya begins according to the English
Season in Autumn (Sarath in Sinhala) between Summer and Winter from
September to November in the Northern hemisphere.
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UNSG: Groping in New Moon darkness
The Office of the UNSG cannot be ignorant of the
several attempts made by the present government to negotiate with
the LTTE, which were spurned with the least concern for the need for
any settlement other than separation through violence
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